Single:
Ragamuffin Man entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 May 1969 and peaked at #18.
Songwriters:
Mitch Murray, Peter Callander
Producer:
Shel Talmy
Record label of Australian release:
Fontana
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Frustrated with the limitations and image of being seen purely as a hit singles band (their last two albums failed to chart), the group split in 1969. Ragamuffin Man was their last single, the group disbanding while the record was still charting.
Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the time of the group’s demise, but continued to work together in Manfred Mann Chapter Three, an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann
Lyrics:
Born and raised as a rich man’s son
You were always a restless one
Living high only made you low
So you packed up and hit the road
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